Hypertrophic pachymeningitis: An odontogenic origin?
This article discusses a rare case of Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis (HP). The patient was referred to the Oral and maxillofacial department presenting with atypical facial pain in conjunction with atypical visual symptoms.
Rutangi Hundia +2 more
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Atypical facial pain in multiple sclerosis caused by spinal cord seizures: a case report and review of the literature. [PDF]
Gupta K, Burchiel KJ.
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Spinal intramedullary ependymoma presenting with atypical facial pain: A rare occurrence
Spinal cord ependymomas are the most common neuroepithelial tumors in adults accounting for two-third of all spinal gliomas. Although most patients with spinal cord tumors present with typical symptoms, the presence of a nonspecific clinical presentation
Batuk Diyora +5 more
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Psychosocial assessment of male patients with persistent idiopathic facial pain—a pilot study [PDF]
Studies have shown that up to 70% of patients with depressive and anxiety disorders may also experience chronic pain. This study aimed to examine the correlation between depression, anxiety symptoms, sleep quality and personality traits in male ...
Andrius Ivanauskas +5 more
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Trigeminal neuralgia: new classification and diagnostic grading for practice and research [PDF]
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an exemplary condition of neuropathic facial pain. However, formally classifying TN as neuropathic pain based on the grading system of the International Association for the Study of Pain is complicated by the requirement of ...
CRUCCU, Giorgio +8 more
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Cluster headache in Greece: an observational clinical and demographic study of 302 patients. [PDF]
BackgroundCluster headache (CH) is considered the most excruciating primary headache syndrome; although much less prevalent than migraine, it is not rare as it affects more than 1/1000 people.
Rapoport, Alan M, Vikelis, Michail
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Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Disguise [PDF]
Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic is currently one of the most influential topics as it not only impacts the field of medicine but most importantly, it affects the lives of many individuals throughout the world.
Abideen, Zain U. +4 more
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Persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) is the current terminology for “atypical facial pain” (AFP), and is characterized, according to recent Classification, by recurring daily pain for more than two hours per day over more than three months, in the ...
Carmelo Costa
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Evidence of descending inhibition deficits in atypical but not classical trigeminal neuralgia [PDF]
: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a rare neuropathic facial pain disorder. Two forms of TN, classical TN (CTN) and atypical TN (ATN), are reported and probably have different aetiologies. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the functional integrity
Blanchard, Jocelyn +4 more
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Elimination of pain improves specificity of clinical diagnostic criteria for adult chronic rhinosinusitis [PDF]
Objective Determine whether the elimination of pain improves accuracy of clinical diagnostic criteria for adult chronic rhinosinusitis. Study Design Retrospective cohort study.
DiNardo, Laurence J. +4 more
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